Victoria House completed at Nyíregyháza Zoo

Victoria House, presenting the flora and fauna of South America, is completed at Nyíregyháza Zoo. The investment cost more than 640 million HUF.

”The purpose was to create a specialty which follows the way of the Green Pyramid” – said László Gajdos, the director of the zoo. According to him, with the completed and upcoming developments, visitors can virtually travel around the world and learn about the animals.

”The Victoria House was named after Queen Victoria’s water lily (Victoria amazonica), as a sign that not animals, but plants are presented, too” – said the director. Ferenc Kovács, the mayor of Nyíregyháza told that in Hungary, only the Nyíregyháza Zoo won money (250 million HUF) at the EU tender for the development of zoos. For the development, 250 million HUF was provided by the zoo, and 140 million HUF by the city.

There rare fish, reptiles, and plants from the tropical jungle can be seen in the building of nearly 650 million HUF. Passing a special glass corridor, visitors can observe the reptiles up close, for example the Cuban crocodile (which is at the brink of extinction) or the American alligator.